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		<title>The Heart of NAI</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/05/15/the-heart-of-nai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Lethbridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have two favorite weeks of the year. Not Christmas, Spring Break or 4th of July. The weeks that make me happy are found one in the spring and one the second week of November.  I budget and I look forward and I haven’t missed either in a long, long time.  These are the weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirit of Aloha in Dance</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/05/11/the-spirit-of-aloha-in-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Merriman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[halau]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last evening we held a luau (special feast) on the Hawaii Lawn of the Keauhou Sheraton Resort on Keauhou Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii for the International Conference. They served a wonderful meal that included the major foods at a more traditional luau dinner – poi (taro), poke (fish), lomi salmon,  and Kalua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAI International Workshop</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/05/08/nai-international-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Lethbridge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI Board]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you read this, more than 130 interpreters from around the globe are gathering in Kona, Hawai’i for the 7th Annual NAI International Conference.  Attendance at such an event presents me with opportunities to think about Place, to think about cultural and environmental histories and values. Most of us are aware that “Aloha” can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother’s Day – More Than a Holiday</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/05/04/mothers-day-more-than-a-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 08:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Merriman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Executive Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosa Carson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day is coming – May 13. I would like to jump in a time machine and go backwards 25 years to chat with my mother one more time. I need to tell her how much all of the thousands of hours of care she invested in me are valued. I am sure I said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fountain of Love</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/05/01/fountain-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Lethbridge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bethesda Fountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Park Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plmstead and Vaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weddings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://interpnet.com/naiblog/?p=3381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interpretation takes many forms. It is as varied and, by necessity, as unique as the people, places and events we are tasked to tell stories about. And although I rarely give public programs anymore, as an administrator and professor I continue to hone my interpretive skills through the presentations I do for funders and constituent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Tried Pinterest?</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/04/27/have-you-tried-pinterest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Merriman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[From the Executive Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant clam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graflex 500]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The proliferation of social media can make your head hurt if you think about it. How many of these can I really use and what do they really do? I was feeling saturated with use of Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin and then along came Pinterest.com. My first reaction was – I can’t participate in another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If These Walls Could Talk</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/04/24/if-these-walls-could-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Lethbridge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[97 Orchard street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Lethbridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower East Side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenement Museum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I asked on Facebook what it was I should see while in New York, I got a list of suggestions that would have taken several weeks to get through.  However,  a recommendation I did follow up on came from Scott Mair:   the Tenement Museum (www.tenementmuseum.org).  It was a powerful interpretive experience from start to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When an Airport Is More Than an Airport</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/04/20/when-an-airport-is-more-than-an-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/04/20/when-an-airport-is-more-than-an-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Merriman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interpretive Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Douglas International Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Phelps Sculptures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denver International Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCarran International Airport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just flew into Charlotte Airport in North Carolina for a training event and was reminded that their airport is distinctive. White rocking chairs are scattered around to provide a place to sit while waiting. I have had layovers here and found this a charming alternative to the steel and plastic cushions of most places. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York, New York</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/04/17/new-york-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Lethbridge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 Memorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairy godmother]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York Public Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[souvenirs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I have only been to the “Big Apple” once in my life. I was in high school and already in a state of excitement because New York was just a stop on my way to Spain as a foreign exchange student. My dear godmother, Mary Jane Tacchi, a librarian for the New York Public Library, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes To Make Us Think</title>
		<link>http://interpnet.com/naiblog/2012/04/13/quotes-to-make-us-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Merriman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[From the Executive Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAI blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Interpretation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albert Einstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anais Nin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Keller]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tanaka Shozo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remain astonished that some people write and make comments throughout life that are incredibly memorable. They are skilled interpreters who look for the deeper meaning in everything and a way to express it that is memorable. &#160; Anais Nin (1903 – 1977) was a Cuban/French writer who left behind many thoughts about love, friendship [...]]]></description>
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